Name a book plot twist that causes you to immediately cease reading.

[kairos12]

Any plot that involves a person with amnesia.

[hlthe2b]

1. Introduction of a previously "unknown" twin

Or any book or movie where it leaks that the beloved dog/pet/horse/other animal dies. Yeah, I can accept human loss more than animal loss-- in fiction, that is

[kairos12]

2. Amazing. My first choice was between amnesia and a introduced new twin.

[FoxNewsSucks]

21. Same here about the unknown twin

I used to watch All My Children, they way over-used several plots, but the unknown twin is barely believable anyway, much less 2 or 3 times.

I really hate the death of animals also. I watched The Stray expecting a good story about a border collie. Not prepared for a sad story like that.

[SheltieLover]

3. One in which a sociopath

States he killed his pet cat.

[XanaDUer2]

7. I started watching the reboot of the Bad Seed with Rob Lowe

And

*SPOILER ALERT!*




The first scene is the dead pet cat floating in a fountain. Noped outta that movie. I was looking forward to seeing it, too.just no

[SheltieLover]

9. Bad 1st scene!

Unless viewer is a sociopath.

[XanaDUer2]

11. It was a fake-looking cat doll

But still. I'm very sensitive to things like that.

[SheltieLover]

17. Me too

And even fake animal doll hints at a sensitive topic.

[ailsagirl]

40. That's disgusting

In fact, I thought the original movie was excellent. IMO no remake has ever been better than the original.

[catrose]

22. Or when the dead cat is part of the story--Nope. Done.

[SheltieLover]

24. Yup

Animal abuse is def a line in the sand for me. Not a pleasant thought or read.

[ailsagirl]

37. DITTO HERE!!!

[SheltieLover]

39. Good for you!

Just wrong.

[Mister Ed]

4. Long, drawn-out, incurable terminal illness.

That'll get me to put down any book, or stop watching any movie.

[XanaDUer2]

5. Person wakes up and it was all a dream

I hate that

[leftieNanner]

16. Like in "Dallas" when the entire season was erased

When Bobby stepped out of the shower!

[Freddie]

20. Or the end of "St. Elsewhere"

When the whole thing was apparently in the imagination of the one doc’s (forget his name) autistic son. Loved the series, HATED the way they ended it.

[XanaDUer2]

23. THAT'S how that show ended!?

I didn't watch it much, but that is an odd way to end it.

[Freddie]

31. Yup

The older doc who was widowed and raising his autistic son alone. It was the boy’s dream or he imagined it. Horrible way to end a great series.
The only good “dream” ending was the 2nd Bob Newhart show when he woke up next to Suzanne Pleshette.

[hunter]

32. I thought that was brilliant.

And this is the best end of a television series EVER!

[ailsagirl]

38. That was cute

[catbyte]

30. Except the series finale to the show "Newhart."

[XanaDUer2]

33. Yeah that was funny

Nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. When the "who" in the whodunit turns out to be a character

that was introduced late in the story and whose relationship to the victim was obscure and/or contrived.

When the cop is a family member of the victim and/or falls in love with the victim's sister/friend and is either allowed to keep working on the case or investigates on his own and does illegal stuff but you know he's going to solve the case in the end.

When the female cop/protagonist meets a guy she immediately dislikes but he's handsome and troubled so you know they'll get together and solve the mystery, unless he turns out to be the serial killer.

When one of the characters has a beloved pet dog or cat because you know the pet will be killed off as a warning to the character.

[kairos12]

8. Your post reminds me of another.

Any therapist who has an inappropriate relationship with a client.

[Mad_Dem_X]

53. That last one

is one of the few things I dislike about some Stephen King novels. If he mentions a beloved pet, look out, 'cause chances are the pet will suffer a grisly death.

[madaboutharry]

10. When the "love" interest has assumed a false identity

and is actually a person with a criminal past. An old stupid cliche.

[XanaDUer2]

14. Here's a Lifetime-movie fave

Son or daughter from the past comes to live with their estranged father/mother and their happy, wholesome family. Despite being welcomed with open arms, it turns out Sonny or Honey is really NOT the long lost child, but an evil psychopath determined to destroy the family.

[Ohiogal]

12. When a rape victim

falls in love with her rapist.

Believe it or not, this was a popular story line on soaps many years ago.
Also -
Vivid descriptions of abuse. I just can’t handle it.

[kairos12]

18. Agree totally.

[XanaDUer2]

19. Ugh, I remember General Hospital

Sick

[Budi]

13. Anything with rape as a woman's fantasy.

Anyone writing something like that should be in serious therapy.

It is the dark side of porn & comes from a demented narrowly sheltered & closed mind.
Its how Trump thinks of females.

I'm open to exploring & reading almost anything, but THAT topic is sick af.

[Srkdqltr]

15. When the spouse comes back from the "dead" and is accepted with no problem.

I read police procedurals and detective novels. Also when the boyfriend/spouse is killed in 3 series' one after the other.

[msongs]

25. "In the beginning..." umm it's obvious the first words are in the beginning nt

[Runningdawg]

26. When the author takes 12 pages to describe the gun his character will use and why that model

[RockCreek]

27. Zombies

I hate them

[catbyte]

28. Pointless flashbacks.

[hunter]

35. Pretty Woman. The Big Chill. Anything with evil twins. Most time travel stories.

I've done my best to avoid that shit in my sixth decade of so-called real life.

I'm somewhat broken by when I've failed. Especially the time travel stuff.

Amnesia and repressed memories I've dealt with.

At my very worst I'm mostly harmless and frequently amusing.

[First Speaker]

36. Whenever Napoleon invades Russia...

...I mean, how often have we seen *that*? Also--doomed, God-obsessed students who commit murder. Orphans who fall in with a gang of child thieves, led by a strange old Jew. A boy who's abandoned by his family to work in a bottle-labelling factory. An American journalist lounging around Europe, with his disreputable friends, who was made impotent by World War One. A man living in a hellish Dystopia, who rebels against the Party. Every time I see one of those, I moan and close the book...

[July]

51. LOL. nt

[NNadir]

41. A corrupt, ignorant, unintelligent, racist, pig is elected President of the United States. Too...

...unbelievable.

[raccoon]

42. One where the narrator detective turns out to be the murderer.

Steven Saylor pulled that one.

[LaelthsDaughter]

43. Here's one!

In Vampire Academy There’s a dhampire named Demitri. In book three he turns into what ever the crazy ones are called. He leaves the school and it appears he dies. He doesn’t. Book 4 he’s still around.

[backtoblue]

49. I am guilty of reading that entire series lol

The teacher/student love thing is what bugged me most

[flibbitygiblets]

44. A religious angle of any kind

this pretty much ruined The Stand for me.

[AmyStrange]

45. One in which a sociopath...

-

states he killed his pet cat.

Sounds like my book, but unfortunately, it's not a plot twist. It's the whole reason why the Criminal (the sociopath) spends the rest of his life saving abused animals.
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[qwlauren35]

46. Any rape.

The book gets sent to GoodWill. No second chances.

[qwlauren35]

47. One other.

If the police/detectives are not sure that it's a homicide, and they go pecking around because it's "suspicious", I lose interest.

[qwlauren35]

48. Last one.

Dystopia.

Jamisin's books are Dystopian. Hugo Award Winners. All THREE. But Dystopian.

I could not read them. I feel so guilty.

[sinkingfeeling]

50. When Abe Lincoln hunts vampires.

[malthaussen]

52. Donald Trump is elected President. n/t